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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.30

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return. Rāma fears for his parents and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return, Lakṣmaṇa refuses to leave him and steadies his resolve

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa says that neither he nor Sītā can live without Rāma and that his grief is overwhelming them too → reassured by their devotion, Rāma renews his resolve to complete the exile.

2.47.30

naitad aupayikaṃ rāma yad idaṃ paritapyase
viṣādayasi sītāṃ ca māṃ caiva puruṣarṣabha

This is not fitting, Rāma, that you should grieve so; you drive Sītā and me too into despair, O bull among men.

Words: naitad — this is not; aupayikaṃ — fitting, proper; rāma — O Rāma; yad idaṃ — that this; paritapyase — you torment yourself, grieve; viṣādayasi — you cast into despair; sītāṃ ca — and Sītā; māṃ caiva — and me too; puruṣarṣabha — O bull among men

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.